Pro-choice activists attached coat hangers to the fence of the Statehouse at the time, to remind lawmakers about the grisly methods women are forced to resort to when abortion is not legally and safely available.

“Kasich is on a mission to make abortion illegal in Ohio, and he’s intent on using smoke and mirrors and backdoor politics to do it,” said Dawn Laguens, a spokeswoman for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

“He may hope that by vetoing a six-week ban – which would have virtually banned abortion with almost no exceptions – he comes off as moderate. But Ohio women see right through this and reject this extreme agenda.”

The Handmaid’s Tale details a stark world where women are forced into roles of sexual servitude and surrogacy

Atwood herself has warned that her seminal book has sinister analogies to 21st Century America under Donald Trump’s presidency.

Referring to PresidentTrump’s abortion gagging order, which he signed in a roomful of men earlier this year, she said: “It’s back to 17th-century puritan values of New England at that time in which women were pretty low on the hierarchy.”

Well, exactly.

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Anna Brech is a freelance journalist and former editor for stylist.co.uk. Her six-year stint on the site saw her develop a vociferous appetite for live Analytics, feminist opinion and good-quality gin in roughly equal measure. She enjoys writing across all areas of women’s lifestyle content but has a soft spot for books and escapist travel content.